Photograph-holder.



S. HELLER.

PHOTOGRAPH HOLDER.

APPLIOATION FILED MAII.20.1912.

Patented Oct. 8, 1912.

UNITE sir SIGMU'ND HELLER. OF CHICAGO. ILLINOIS.

PHQTOGRAPH-HOLDER i .oaoeeo.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 8. 19m.

Application filed March'20, 1912. Serial No. 685.111.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I. h'm'nnrcn HELLER, a

-citizen of the United States. residing at Chicago, in the county ofCook and State of lllinois. have invented a certain new and usefulPhotograph-lloldcr, of which the following is a description, referencebeing had to the drawings forming a part of this specification.

My invention has for its object the provision of a pocket or holder forthe reception and display of a :)hotogra 'ih or like picture in aset-ting of textile. fabric, which will present a neat and tinishcdappearance and retain its shape and serve its purpose cilicienlly, andwhich is particularly adapted for the embellislnnent and ornamentationof tlags. banners. pennants, etc., and also for use on pillows,draperies and various other hangings of cloth.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a front view of my novel holder; Fig. 2, aback View; Figs. 3 and 4 front. views of modified forms of the holders,portions of the dill'erent layers of cloth being broken away in the.several figures mentioned to exhibit the relation of the diti'erentparts, and lines of stitching being indicated by dotted lines, and theoutline of hidden parts being indicated by broken lines; Fig. 5 is adetail section through the snap button by which the ground A and rearpiece 0 are detachably secured together-to close the pocket between thetwo: and Fig. (3 is a View of a pennant to which my invention isapplied.

The same letters of reference apply to all the figures.

The cloth A of the article upon which the holder is formed is cut awayto the exact size of the display opening of the holder, and a facingpanel of reinforcing cloth B having an opening of the same size isapplied to the front thereof, so that the openings will lie inregistration, a. line of stitching on around the margin of the openingserving to secure the two plies smoothly and firmly together andpreventany unsightly bagging or stretching of the cloth around themargin 01" the field of view of the pho tograph. To the rear side of theground or body cloth is applied a piece of cloth (7 of proper size,which secured to the cloth at the bottom and both sides by. a line ofstitching l). the top being left open so that a pocket is thereby formedfor the reception of a photograph. This line of stitching may be thesame line I) by which the reinforcing panel 'li is secured to the clothA but in such case the stitching of course extends only through theparts fl. and 13 along the top line. I-Iowerer, either the part it orthe part C may be the larger, in which case a second line of stitching 0will he used to secure the rear piece C to the ground: as illustrated inFig. 3 in "which the facing panel B is the larger and the stitching 0lies inside the stitching 2'); and Fig. 4, in which the part C is thelarger and the line of stitching lies outside lhe stitching 7). I

snap button'l) may be :nlvantagcmisly used at the top of the piece tosecure it to the ground or body cloth A. though this is notindispensable to a practical ell'lllntllment of my invention. As shownin Fig. i), the button is preferabtv of the kind in which the parts aresecured to the plies of fabric by stitching. in order that they may beentirely concealed from notice. If desired a Sheet of transparentcelluloid film may be used in the holder to cover and protect the faceof the photograph.

I claim:

1. A holder'ior displaying a photogra h or like picture comprising aground be 5y of textile Fabric cut away to form a display opening, afront display facing or panel having a registering openingand secured tosaid ground by a line of stitching around its outer edge and a line ofstitching around said display opening, and a rear piece or portionforming a pocket secured to said ground by a marginal line of stitchingalong its bottom and sides.

2. A holder for displaying a photograph or like picture comprising aground or body of textile fabric cut away to form a display opening. afront display facing or panel having a registering opening and securedto said ground around said opening by a line of stitching, and a rearpiece or portion forming a pocket for the reception'of the picture, saidfront panel andrear piece being secured along their margins to saidground by a line of stitching extending.

through all three of them along the bottom and both sides of ,said paneland extending SIGMUN D HELLER.

Witnesses LOUIS B. ERWIN, ROBERT DOBBERMAN.

